I know someone who demanded 25¢ for the cost of text message sent to invite them for a dinner cooked for them that they were eating.... while they were literally stuffing their mouth with food that cost way more than a quarter. They did not get invited to another impromptu gathering after that.
They're likely talking about using some of the key swapping sites. They only let you join if your profile is public so that you don't get keys for games you already have.
I had a bunch of keys to give away recently and was trying to find ways to do so in ways they wouldn't be botted away (at least not easily), but everywhere to do so either required access to my steam profile or some other process to give them away, so they might just sit with me until they expire.
One of our local breweries sold to Lion (an Australian company), which is a subsidiary of Kirin (a Japanese company), back in 2021. That site still says they're 'regional' and they have a stamp that they're part of the Brewer's Association.
Christmas lights. Everyone needing a bigger or better display, or needing to put something out when they can't afford the electric bills. Folks feeling the need to put out something because the people around them are.
Because that community decided to leave and start a place here when things blew up. Other communities didn't. They're active, so people hang out there. There's a fairly low barrier to entry for new folks to participate (a lot of people have watched some Star Trek).
Really, having an active community say, we're leaving and setting up shop here goes a long way. I wish my niche subreddit had done so as well.
600K people spread across the US really isn't that many to deal with. Even if they were all in one place, they wouldn't be able to do much damage to most of the country before being contained.
1 in 8 being food insecure also is not high enough. Choosing less nutritious food options is a measurement of it, so you could still be eating, just not good food because you live in the middle of a food desert. Most folks in the US are not food insecure.
You're going to have to tick that number up to over half of the US not being able to eat once a day or more. Like the depression, or worse, but without any government assistance.
There's a game series I play that just had a new version come out. It's a silly puzzle game that you can just waste time with while doing something else.
The author does a little 'story mode' and this time they went through how they're getting older and are starting to think of end of life stuff. I'm in a similar headspace myself really, though they're a decade or so ahead of me. It ends with something about maybe that person with different political opinions was just born in a different place than you and you should take the time to listen to them.
I'm like, bruh... yeah, sure, that was okay back in the 90s. Have you looked at our current political space? Seriously, read the room
I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that they're just privileged and the things going on these days don't effect them personally so they just have no idea what the hell they're talking about.
Game is still good and the best one they've made so far, but damn was the end of that piece tone deaf af.
I think they're thinking of Sweetest Day.